O'Donnell to move into Winfrey's Chicago studio

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2011 file photo, Rosie O'Donnell, curator of the Oprah Winfrey Network's non-fiction films, arrives at the premiere of the OWN documentary film "Becoming Chaz" at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Executives at Winfrey's Harpo Studios in Chicago announced Tuesday, March 29, 2011 that O'Donnell's new talk show will be produced at Harpo Studios on Chicago's West Side. The final original episode of Winfrey's show is scheduled to air May 25. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2011 file photo, Rosie O'Donnell, curator of the Oprah Winfrey Network's non-fiction films, arrives at the premiere of the OWN documentary film "Becoming Chaz" at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Executives at Winfrey's Harpo Studios in Chicago announced Tuesday, March 29, 2011 that O'Donnell's new talk show will be produced at Harpo Studios on Chicago's West Side. The final original episode of Winfrey's show is scheduled to air May 25. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
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FILE - This Nov. 20, 2009 file photo shows people leaving Harpo Studios on Chicago's near West Side after a live broadcast of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Executives at Harpo announced Tuesday, March 29, 2011, that Rosie O'Donnell's new talk show will be produced at the studio. The final original episode of Winfrey's show is scheduled to air May 25. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)— AP

FILE - This Nov. 20, 2009 file photo shows people leaving Harpo Studios on Chicago's near West Side after a live broadcast of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Executives at Harpo announced Tuesday, March 29, 2011, that Rosie O'Donnell's new talk show will be produced at the studio. The final original episode of Winfrey's show is scheduled to air May 25. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2009 file photo, Harpo Studios, the home of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is seen on Chicago's near West Side. Executives at Harpo announced Tuesday, March 29, 2011, that Rosie O'Donnell's new talk show will be produced at the studio. The final original episode of Winfrey's show is scheduled to air May 25. In a statement Tuesday, Winfrey says she's delighted to welcome O'Donnell to the studio that's been her home for years. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)— AP

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2009 file photo, Harpo Studios, the home of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is seen on Chicago's near West Side. Executives at Harpo announced Tuesday, March 29, 2011, that Rosie O'Donnell's new talk show will be produced at the studio. The final original episode of Winfrey's show is scheduled to air May 25. In a statement Tuesday, Winfrey says she's delighted to welcome O'Donnell to the studio that's been her home for years. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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CHICAGO 
The Chicago studio where Oprah Winfrey tapes her soon-to-end talk show soon will be home to Rosie O'Donnell's latest daytime television effort, which is set to debut on the Oprah Winfrey Network this fall, Harpo Studios announced Tuesday.

The announcement ends speculation about what will become of Winfrey's Harpo Studios on Chicago's West Side when "The Oprah Winfrey Show" ends taping this spring. Winfrey opened the studios in 1990.

"I'm delighted to welcome Rosie to the studio I've called home for so many years," Winfrey said in a statement.

The network announced last summer that O'Donnell would return to television with a one-hour talk show to air on OWN. The network said at the time that the show would be based in New York.

"I can't wait to do my show from Chicago," O'Donnell said in a statement. "It's a dream come true ... beyond the beyond."

O'Donnell previously hosted "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" from 1996 to 2002, earning six daytime Emmy awards. O'Donnell also spent time on "The View."

Harpo Studios presidents Erik Logan and Sheri Salata called the announcement "an exciting new chapter" for the company.

The final original episode of Winfrey's show, which has been on the air for 25 years, is scheduled to air May 25.